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How to play GTA San Andreas on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron using Wine
2008-05-17 11:44:09
Wine 1.0 is coming out some time from now, but like you could read in my previous post, there are some killer apps you can run with it now. After my succes on getting iTunes running on Ubuntu 8.04 and inspired by a post on where Defcon succeeded in getting GTA Vice City to run using Wine, I managed to install and play GTA San Andreas . Now it's only a matter of time for GTA IV. Here is what I did.
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How to run iTunes on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
2008-05-16 14:06:52
I managed to get Itunes 7.3.0.54 running on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron using wine 0.9.59 . First I setup Pulse Audio Server following this tutorial I found on ubuntuforums.org : . This will take care of a bug that is responsible for Ubuntu Hardy Heron not being able to play sound simultaneously from different applications, after the installation. Itunes doesn't need a introduction. read more
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How to play old arcade games like 1941 counter Attack on Ubuntu using MAME
2008-02-18 14:35:49
MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. It's a program that allows you to recreate the hardware of old Arcade gaming machines like Double Dragon, Altered Beast, 1941 (and the like), Golden Axe and many others. In this tutorial I will explain how to install 1941 for MAME and gxmame which is a front-end for MAME. read more
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How to install Conky, a light-weight system monitor on your desktop
2008-02-08 15:20:20
Ubuntu comes with a good system monitor. If you like to keep an eye on your system all the time, you can put up to 6 indicators on your panel. (Just right click on your panel, 'add to panel' and select 'system monitor'. Right click on a graph and select 'preferences' to edit it.) But If that isn't enough, there's always Conky. Conky is a very configurable, light -weight system monitor that among ot
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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Satanic Edition Compiz Desktop Recording
2008-02-08 08:50:56
A couple of months ago I upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon . Being a fan of the Satanic edition, I installed that also. Because I like to have a functional desktop, I left the cube out. But there is still some eye candy there. read more
Read more: Compiz , Desktop , Edition , Recording

Free Ubuntu stickers
2008-02-07 10:05:15
I found this website that is offering free 'powered by Ubuntu ' stickers. Only thing you have to do is send a self addressed stamped envelope to the address corresponding to your country. Check it out. read more


Sudo make me a sandwich
2008-02-06 18:41:57
A little joke from xkcd


How to create a tag cloud for drupal
2008-02-06 17:13:40
In this tutorial I will explain in 5 easy steps how to setup a tag cloud for your drupal site, like the one you see on the right side of this page. It isn't difficult to setup, but I spend some time finding out how to do it. It should work for drupal 5.X, no idea about the other versions read more
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How to compile FiSH encryption for irssi on Debian/Ubuntu
2008-02-03 12:11:18
I wanted to compile FiSH for irssi on Ubuntu Gutsy, but was offline. Now that I checked it again, it's back. So perhaps you better follow the walkthrough on . For my own reference and for the case the website is down again I'm posting here what I did to get it to work. This should work for every Debian based distribution read more


Sudosys web development
2008-02-01 23:36:47
Sudosys web development aims to develop websites, web applications and database systems for small to medium companies, organisations and individuals. Sudosys provides a complete service, from building the website, finding a webhost to domain name registration. Are you looking for a web 2.0 website, a site accesible for mobile phones, a intranet or webshop for your company, a blog or any other web


How to access a Ubuntu / Debian server with a mobile device using MidpSSH
2008-05-21 06:47:36
Access to your server is not only cool, it comes in handy in a lot of situations. With SSH access from your mobile phone, you can check your emails, logs, box status, irssi, torrents, execute updates, reboot and lots of other things, all on the go. In this short tutorial I will explain how to access and administer a Ubuntu (and any Debian based) server with a not so recent Mobile phone. For this t


Drubuntu - A Ubuntu Theme for Drupal
2008-05-23 15:29:46
I saw that people were looking for a Ubuntu theme for Drupal , so I made one. It's a modification of a GPL licensed theme called 'Evening', made by MyDrupal for Drupal 5.x. Below are some screenshots, the theme is downloadable from the attachment. Just copy it to your themes directory in your Drupal root, extract it and enable it on the administration page. read more
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OSX Theme on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn (Gnome + Compiz + AWN)
2008-05-25 12:06:13
I themed my Ubuntu after OSX in a rather dark style. My favorite theme so far. It's like having the best of two worlds. The best OS and the best design - OK, you may start your flame war now! This was done on a IBM T41 running Feisty , so it wasn't easy to get the Avant-window-navigator (dockbar) running. If someone cares about them, I can post the details. Click 'read more' for the screenshots. re
Read more: Compiz , Feisty Fawn , Gnome , Theme

How to send and receive Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo mail with your mail client like Evolution on Ubuntu
2008-05-27 10:57:43
After completing this tutorial you will be able to retrieve and send email from your favorite email client using your gmail, yahoo, and/or hotmail account. Normally this isn't possible with a free account (exept for gmail), but with the help of a gateway that simulates a pop server in 1 direction, and connects to the mailserver in the other direction, it is possible. This tutorial is mainly aimed
Read more: Evolution , Gmail , Hotmail , Ubuntu , Yahoo

Drupal Modules For Blogging - How to make a Drupal Blog with images and control spam
2008-05-31 01:09:25
The most used, and easiest CMS for blogging is Wordpress. But, as you can see on this site, Drupal does it as well. Here is a list of modules I tried and I'm using for blogging. read more
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How to reset a lost MD5 encrypted admin password of a dynamic website with phpmyadmin
2008-06-01 04:36:45
I found an interesting technique for resetting a lost admin password of a dynamic website using a phpmyadmin account with full privileges. This easy technique can save you the time of restoring a backup, and can be used for every CMS that uses MD5 encryption for passwords. read more
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How to search google and wikipedia from the command line with Surfraw on Ubuntu/Debian
2008-06-03 04:16:17
Surfraw stands for 'Shell Users' Revolutionary Front Against the WWW'. It's a command -line shell program for interfacing with a big number of web-based search engines. With Surfraw you can search google and wikipedia a.o. from the command line. The results will be displayed with a browser of your choice. I suggest a text browser like links2, to keep it text based. Read more to find out how to inst
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How to run MS Office 2007 in Ubuntu using Wine
2008-06-08 15:12:52
After 2 days of messing around I managed to install and run Word, Excel and Powerpoint from Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise on Ubuntu , using Wine 1.0 rc1. For now, this tutorial is only tested on feisty. I have to try it on my hardy box, before I post that it works, which I will when I find the time. But the steps will be very similar. So you can try it. This being said I just want to mention tha


Matthew Farrell's theme from Live Free Or Die Hard 4 for gnome
2008-06-30 22:47:44
I am a Die Hard fan from the first hour. After watching the 4th one, called Live Free or Die Hard I went looking after the theme the character Matthew Farrell uses on his desktop. I was pleasantly surprised to find a emerald theme, that looks exactly like it. But There was no GTK theme to go with it, so I made one. read more


How to install VMWare 1.0.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
2008-07-22 09:19:09
There are a few known problems related to install ing the latest vmware (1.0.5) under Ubuntu 8.04. This is because vmware currently only supports up to Ubuntu 7.10. First of all, you will need to install everything needed in order to be ready to compile c/c++ code on your system. Ubuntu supplies a virtual package for that, called 'build-essential'. $ sudo aptitude install build-essential read more
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How to enable extra mouse buttons in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
2008-10-01 13:28:33
I recently bought a gamer mouse (Trust Predator GM-4800 Laser Gamer Mouse Elite). After some trial and error I found a tool to easily enable and configure the extra mouse buttons that were not immediately recognized. In this tutorial I will explain how to install and configure a tool called btnx, to enable the extra mouse buttons. read more
Read more: Hardy , Heron , Ubuntu

How to make all Ubuntu windows transparent by default with compiz
2008-09-05 15:01:19
With compiz enabled you can play with the opacity of your windows. This is done by putting your mouse over the window, pressing ALT and scrolling with your mousewheel. Now I wanted to try something different, I wanted all my windows, menus, popups, dialogs and tooltips to be transparent by default. This can easily be done with tweaking compiz in the CompizConfig settings manager. For your desktop
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